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Countering Gender Stereotyping in the News Media

Credit: Alexander Suhorucov from Pexels. By Héloïse Hakimi Le Grand WASHINGTON DC, Apr 15, 2021 (IPS) - Gender stereotyping in the media has a significant impact on how women and gender minorities are perceived. In turn, it affects their opportunities to fully and effectively participate in public life. Lack of inclusivity in the media is one . Learn More

India – With a Historic Legal Decision, India Marks Progress Toward Equal Inheritance Rights for Daughters

By Shipra Deo via Land Portal In a landmark decision, the Supreme Court of India ruled that daughters shall enjoy equal rights to inherit family land – an overdue and welcome shift toward greater equality for India’s women. The Court’s decision provided much-needed clarity on the scope of equal inheritance rights provided to daughters through the . Learn More

Informal Women Workers – Access to Vaccination & Economic Justice

Photo: Christina Ohenewaa is a 50 year old trader in Cosmetics in Accra, Ghana. Credit: Benjamin Forson By Christy Braham 17 March 2021 - Across the globe, over two billion people are engaged in informal labour. Informal workers continue to face an accumulation of vulnerabilities which have been exacerbated during the COVID-19 pandemic—the . Learn More

Africa Young Women’s Manifesto

The Africa Young Women’s Manifesto is a political document that sets out critical issues of concern for young women of Africa and makes demands for addressing them. The Manifesto is the result of five Africa Young Women Beijing+25 Regional Barazas that convened over 1500 participants and over 30 partners with the objectives of FEM: . Learn More

Missing Stories of Sexual Abuse During the Holocaust

Two Israeli researchers uncover Nazi crimes that targeted their victims because of their gender, and the postwar narrative of suspicion that ensured their continuing silence. April 6, 2021 - by ESTHER DROR and RUTH LINN We were liberated from the camp by the Red Army—it was horrible. The soldiers were like wild horny animals—no girl and no woman . Learn More

A Data-Driven Path Toward Gender Equality

BY ASHLEY MONSON March 15, 2021 - By now, we’ve seen from data that exists across the world, women have been harder-hit economically by the COVID-19 pandemic than men. In the US, 2.2 million fewer women were in the workforce in September 2020 than the year before. The force behind this data essentially boils down to the fact that, before the . Learn More

The Pandemic Reveals the Disturbing Depths of Ageism, Especially for Women

In Brooklyn, N.Y., a cafe on the Coney Island boardwalk draws people of all ages, soaking up the sun in the pandemic, October 2020. Ageism, a new study finds, is “prevalent, ubiquitous and insidious” and not getting enough global attention. JOHN PENNEY By Barbara Crossette on Apr 06, 2021 During more than a year of tracking the parameters of . Learn More

Kyrgyzstan – Murder of Kyrg Woman Triggers Bride Kidnapping Protests

People attend a rally in front of Kyrgyzstan's interior ministry demanding the resignation of its leadership after the murder of kidnapped bride Aizada Kanatbekova amid alleged lack of action by the police, in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan April 8, 2021. REUTERS/Vladimir Pirogov 8 Apr 2021 - Hundreds of people rallied in front of Kyrgyzstan’s interior . Learn More

Yemen – Motherhood on the Brink!

YPN for UNOCHA / Women are dying in childbirth every two hours in Yemen 26 March 2021 - War, a humanitarian crisis, a looming famine, a health system close to collapse and the deepening impact of the COVID-19 pandemic have led to a “catastrophic situation” in which a woman dies in childbirth every two hours in Yemen, according to the UN . Learn More

Japan – Male-Dominated Japan Central Bank Sets New Diversity Targets – Gender

A man wearing a protective mask walks past the headquarters of Bank of Japan amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Tokyo, Japan, May 22, 2020. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon March 23, 2021 - By Leika Kihara TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan’s central bank set a two-year target to promote diversity in the male-dominated institution, taking a baby step . Learn More

Ukraine – Challenges of Women Pensioners in Conflict Territory

A queue for the bank in the frontline town of Kurakhovo. To receive their pensions from the Ukrainian government, elderly people from rebel-held territory were forced to travel through checkpoints and queue for hours at banks and government offices. Dozens died from heart attacks during such trips. Such trips are now impossible and most people have . Learn More

Men Managers Get More Actionable Feedback than Do Women – Harvard Research

Audrey Shtecinjo/Stocksy Summary One of the most important ways managers can support aspiring leaders is though developmental feedback; that is, feedback focused on growth opportunities. However, not all developmental feedback is created equal. New research based on a computerized analysis of more than 1,000 pieces of written feedback identified . Learn More

Afghanistan – 3 Afghan Women Working in Polio Drive Killed

The Associated Press - Health workers administer a polio vaccine to a child during a polio vaccination campaign. By RAHIM FAIEZ Associated Press March 31, 2021 - KABUL, Afghanistan -- Attackers on Tuesday gunned down three women working to administer polio vaccine in eastern Afghanistan, officials said, a day after authorities launched a new . Learn More

At the UN, Mexico Works for Women’s Rights. Back Home It’s a Different Story!

A demonstrator in a protest in Mexico City carries a poster that says, “My body my revolution.” The country is hosting a UN-organized Generation Equality Forum this week that is meant to speed up the rights agenda formulated by the Beijing women’s conference 26 years ago. But Mexico has severe problems protecting the lives of women in its own . Learn More

Despite Some Gains, Violence Against Women Remains a Global Pandemic

Members of the public protest Monday against the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill and the actions of police at a vigil in London last Saturday. Dan Kitwood / Getty Images March 18, 2021, By Alicia Victoria Lozano On the same day U.S. lawmakers voted to reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act, members of Parliament in the United . Learn More